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they are the ones doing the public posturing for him. >> i think also that john boehner does not have a strong hand. he has got a caucus that has dug in its heels on any kind of compromise. i saw this picture of john boehner, this cartoon character, holding a football and saying to president obama "trust me." >> there was an election on november 6 and the democrats did not do that badly. who is here? >> everybody has got to give. >> it really is true. you cannot tax your way out of this debt, you cannot slash expenses and get out of this in debt. you have got to do both. >> somewhat gradually. >> the president seems to be offering a two-for-one deal -- for every $1 of tax increase, he will cut expenses by $2. simpson-bowles wanted a one-to-3 ratio. the republicans want zero. >> but they have the business community that does not want us to go for the cliff -- >> if you use a different language, are there republicans amenable to an increase in taxes -- >> use the word "revenue." >> nancy pelosi took the position, a good negotiating position, that it ought to be $1 million to hundred $50
they are the ones doing the public posturing for him. >> i think also that john boehner does not have a strong hand. he has got a caucus that has dug in its heels on any kind of compromise. i saw this picture of john boehner, this cartoon character, holding a football and saying to president obama "trust me." >> there was an election on november 6 and the democrats did not do that badly. who is here? >> everybody has got to give. >> it really is true. you...
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and so i think that's a problem for boehner too. not just the freshman, but also the older members who are trying to take advantage of the situation. >> woodruff: and meanwhile the president, or i should say the democratses are getting some heat from the left. they're saying the white house, the democrats have maybe give then too much already. >> the explanation you get from the white house is that the president was seen, as too intimately and personally and completely involved in the legislative process the first two years. and so they have distanced him from this. and there is this grumbling. a, that they have given am too much too soon on the cuts that were talked about. and that the president himself is not personally sophed. it's not simply mike pence and some of the others, newt gingrich, of recent and fond memory, and presidential ambitions, appeared before the house republicans yesterday and urged them to be even tougher. i'm sure john boehner must have been thrilled by that appearance. >> woodruff: well, we are going to hav
and so i think that's a problem for boehner too. not just the freshman, but also the older members who are trying to take advantage of the situation. >> woodruff: and meanwhile the president, or i should say the democratses are getting some heat from the left. they're saying the white house, the democrats have maybe give then too much already. >> the explanation you get from the white house is that the president was seen, as too intimately and personally and completely involved in...
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they were tired of this back-room negotiating he was doing with john boehner. so he at least made part of his political base happy even if democrats, as everyone noticed, are not rushing to pass this jobs bill right now. gwen: that sets stage for the next big p standoff. are we on the verge of another government shutdown? the question is about providing for aid to fema. but it's more complicated than that. the house passed it and the senate democrats rejected if. each side is waiting for the other to blink the >> do they want the government to shut down? do they want fema to close? >> harry reid now says he won't take that bill up. harry reid is arguing with himself. this is why people don't like washington. gwen: that's among the reasons, anyway. susan, how do we get back to this point of debating government shutdowns again? >> because this is a congress that's proven time and time again this year that they only function under extreme deadline pressure. unless things are about to fall off a cliff, they can degree on anything the i would think the government is
they were tired of this back-room negotiating he was doing with john boehner. so he at least made part of his political base happy even if democrats, as everyone noticed, are not rushing to pass this jobs bill right now. gwen: that sets stage for the next big p standoff. are we on the verge of another government shutdown? the question is about providing for aid to fema. but it's more complicated than that. the house passed it and the senate democrats rejected if. each side is waiting for the...
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they were tired of this back-room negotiating he was doing with john boehner. so he at least made part of his political base happy even if democrats, as everyone noticed, are not rushing to pass this jobs bill right now. gwen: that sets stage for the next big p standoff. are we on the verge of another government shutdown? the question is about providing for aid to fema. but it's more complicated than that. the house passed it and the senate democrats rejected if. each side is waiting for the other to blink the >> do they want the government to shut down? do they want fema to close? >> harry reid now says he won't take that bill up. harry reid is arguing with himself. this is why people don't like washington. gwen: that's among the reasons, anyway. susan, how do we get back to this point of debating government shutdowns again? >> because this is a congress that's proven time and time again this year that they only function under extreme deadline pressure. unless things are about to fall off a cliff, they can degree on anything the i would think the government is
they were tired of this back-room negotiating he was doing with john boehner. so he at least made part of his political base happy even if democrats, as everyone noticed, are not rushing to pass this jobs bill right now. gwen: that sets stage for the next big p standoff. are we on the verge of another government shutdown? the question is about providing for aid to fema. but it's more complicated than that. the house passed it and the senate democrats rejected if. each side is waiting for the...
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because there is seemingly no movement and no discussion between president obama and house speaker boehner over the reopening of the government and averting a federal default in nine days time. here is how the president characterized the stakes in the press room this afternoon. >> a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists would be insane, catastrophic, chaos, these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett compared to the a nuclear bomb, a weapon too horrible to use. it would undermine the confidence at the bedrock of the global economy. >> later house speaker john boehner had this to say in response. >> there is going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the dt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money that we don't have and give the bill to our kids and grandkids would be wrong. >> on wall street some of the biggest gainers so far this year, technology, biotech stocks became the biggest losers toda
because there is seemingly no movement and no discussion between president obama and house speaker boehner over the reopening of the government and averting a federal default in nine days time. here is how the president characterized the stakes in the press room this afternoon. >> a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists would be insane, catastrophic, chaos, these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett compared...
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. >> house speaker john boehner in an exclusive interview with jonathan karl of abc news. do you think he is right, colby? >> $6 a gallon will hurt any elected official in the city, not just to the president. but these things fluctuate and reflected the conditions of the world. >> boehner also told to jonathan karl that maybe it is time to look at subsidies for oil companies. paul ryan said he agrees. i wonder if they will get in hot water for this, mark. >> no, i don't think they will, because oil companies are pretty damn unpopular right now. john boehner is right, at $6 a gallon, you don't want to be eighth library trustee in poughkeepsie, new york, running for reelection. it was $1.84 a gallon when he took office, it is $4 now. if it continues to double, that is a big problem for everybody. >> ryan and the republicans are running into the same problem democrats had in the 2010 election, medicare. the unions are dogging him as he goes around wisconsin to town meetings. >> what is interesting is that i thought by the pulling it would be 3-1 against. it is actually neck-a
. >> house speaker john boehner in an exclusive interview with jonathan karl of abc news. do you think he is right, colby? >> $6 a gallon will hurt any elected official in the city, not just to the president. but these things fluctuate and reflected the conditions of the world. >> boehner also told to jonathan karl that maybe it is time to look at subsidies for oil companies. paul ryan said he agrees. i wonder if they will get in hot water for this, mark. >> no, i don't...
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now that same coalition is called foreign entities by john boehner in his letter to the president. >> absolutely. >> democrats do tend to care more about getting the u.n. security council or nato, the traditional institutions, so, yeah, there is a difference there. where the bush administration did consult with other countries, they were happy to get as many volunteers into iraq and afghanistan as they could, but there was no question who was in charge. the other point, and this goes to gloria's question, president obama and most of the american public don't want to pay for every one of these police actions from here on out. if you don't want to pay for this thing, you have to let somebody else in the room when it's the sided on. if we don't want -- when it's decided on. if we don't want to pay for it, we have to get used to it. >> if we're not paying for it, we don't call the shots. >> this whole notion of us not being in charge, i think that's a bit overstated. >> so we are? >> of course we're in charge. from the time we started, president obama got out there and said, announced the
now that same coalition is called foreign entities by john boehner in his letter to the president. >> absolutely. >> democrats do tend to care more about getting the u.n. security council or nato, the traditional institutions, so, yeah, there is a difference there. where the bush administration did consult with other countries, they were happy to get as many volunteers into iraq and afghanistan as they could, but there was no question who was in charge. the other point, and this...
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gwen: and unreturned phone calls from john boehner. >> and we ended up with the fiscal cliff. gwen: is crisis the new normal now in washington? >> yeah. look, i think there's no penalty for people not compromising. in fact, if you live in those 40 or 50 districts we're talking about in the house, you'll be penalized if you compromise. >> the problem is all these crises never settle anything. all they do is set you up for the next crisis. gwen: in fact, we're talking about short-term solutions. >> and they may kick this can down the road. gwen: our favorite metaphor is back. thanks, everybody. a lot of moving pieces this week on the international stage as well. the players, the president of the u.s. and iran and the u.s. secretary of state and his counterparts from iran and russia. the president spoke by telephone to hassan rouhani today, the president of iran and said afterwards he sees an opening. >> now, we're mindful of all the challenges ahead. the very fact that this was the first communication between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mist
gwen: and unreturned phone calls from john boehner. >> and we ended up with the fiscal cliff. gwen: is crisis the new normal now in washington? >> yeah. look, i think there's no penalty for people not compromising. in fact, if you live in those 40 or 50 districts we're talking about in the house, you'll be penalized if you compromise. >> the problem is all these crises never settle anything. all they do is set you up for the next crisis. gwen: in fact, we're talking about...
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i think republicans, particularly speaker boehner, don't want eight. >> colby, how did it come to this? >> they kicked it down the road on this problem, they put it off, thought it would never happen. they put it up to frighten everybody, but they cannot get themselves together on the question of tax cuts, cutting spending, entitlement reform. they cannot get it done. we are not going to have sequestration. we are going to have castration of the military, castration of domestic programs. they see it coming. and the president comes up with a proposal to do a little bit on both sides, the first word out of speaker boehner's amount is we are not going to have any type of tax increase. >> they just had one. that is what the republicans are arguing, nina. >> i think is going to happen. the question is for how long, because it will be awful. it is not just the contractors, not just the military. a is sending out social security checks on time, can you reach anybody at the irs when you have a question, major crimes being investigated, national security issues both domestically and abroad. the
i think republicans, particularly speaker boehner, don't want eight. >> colby, how did it come to this? >> they kicked it down the road on this problem, they put it off, thought it would never happen. they put it up to frighten everybody, but they cannot get themselves together on the question of tax cuts, cutting spending, entitlement reform. they cannot get it done. we are not going to have sequestration. we are going to have castration of the military, castration of domestic...
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boehner put it quite succinctly. he said the president was angry, and so angry and so hot, he was spewing coals. >> narrator: outraged, obama immediately called his own press conference. >> good evening, everybody. i just got a call about a half hour ago from speaker boehner. it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal, and frankly, i think that one of the questions the republican party is going to have to ask itself is, can they say yes to anything. can they say yes to anything? >> tensions were unbelievably high. you know, this is now one week from d-day. >> narrator: then it was boehner's turn. >> now let me just say that dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. they refuse to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. that's the bottom line. >> we're heading into the weekend with the best opportunity for preventing economic cataclysm on a global level from occurring... is now
boehner put it quite succinctly. he said the president was angry, and so angry and so hot, he was spewing coals. >> narrator: outraged, obama immediately called his own press conference. >> good evening, everybody. i just got a call about a half hour ago from speaker boehner. it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal, and frankly, i think that one of the questions the republican party is going to have to ask itself is, can they say yes to...
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boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people with sort of the seeing this game of chicken being played at such a high stakes time. i think there is certainly, after this election, there is kind of a let's get down to business. let's see if we can get this thing done. whether that can translate -- david just said, the biggest sticking point, taxes on the wealthy is still on the table. you can sing happy birthday to john boehner as much as you want. gwen: he would still say no. >> absolutely. i think it's really premature to try to predict what is going to ha
boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people...
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boehner's actions very hard to understand. he said there was an extraordinary deal on the table, one which was asking for less than this group of bipartisan senators earlier in the week had put forward. he is at a loss to understand why, indeed, the u.s. house speaker has walked away. >> this could be just brinkmanship, could it? >> there is certainly a lot of that. on one side the democrats are talking about the millionaires and billionaires that need to be hit. on the other side, republicans are talking about job creators. you cannot have those people and get the economy going again. they are both looking for the best deal possible. >> thank you. a massive explosion has ripped through norway's's capital, leaving at least seven people dead. and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a youth camp connected to the ruling party, killing at least 10. for more on these attacks and how it has affected the people of norway, i spoke to the man who was the u.n. head of humanitarian aid there. >> we have not seen this kind of
boehner's actions very hard to understand. he said there was an extraordinary deal on the table, one which was asking for less than this group of bipartisan senators earlier in the week had put forward. he is at a loss to understand why, indeed, the u.s. house speaker has walked away. >> this could be just brinkmanship, could it? >> there is certainly a lot of that. on one side the democrats are talking about the millionaires and billionaires that need to be hit. on the other side,...
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boehner talk about not raising rates. so is there some sort of compromise in the difference between the term rates and revenues? >> i done think will is any question. and actually there's a lot of commonality on that issue in the senate. the fact is that folks in the upper income bracket lick me, we ought to eliminate loopholes and those kinds of things that are you really spending in another name. so we can generate more revenues from the upper income by eliminating those tax expenditures which really, again, is just spending in another name. and i think-- bses you can give us an example of how -- >> there are all kind of expenditures there is a home mortgage deduction. charitable contribution, the health care exclusion. and the best way to keep from getting into a political argument over which one is just to cap the amount that people in upper income brackets can take of any of those. let them choose which they want to take. but there's been a lot of discussion in the senate over this. and i think a lot of people have c
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so i think it's been happening at the level of leader reid, speaker boehner and now speaker boehner is planning to move it through the house with the support of his conference. >> ifill: we have heard today that the phones were jammed at the capitol with people in your constituents calling in. is that what you're hearing from your members as well? >> i think's a high level of expectation on the part of the american public that their leaders come together and solve two things: one is make sure the obligations are met and that we don't go into any sort of tail spin as a result of this. but as importantly, make sure that the debt ceiling isn't raised just willy-nilly with no pro-conditions. and i think if there's a thoughtful way forward-- and that, i would submit, is the boehner plan-- that accomplishes those two things i think most americans can get their heads around that and feel a high level of confidence. which is why i think it's interesting when you were interviewing the white house representative, he very carefully didn't they the president would veto the bill. and i think they o
so i think it's been happening at the level of leader reid, speaker boehner and now speaker boehner is planning to move it through the house with the support of his conference. >> ifill: we have heard today that the phones were jammed at the capitol with people in your constituents calling in. is that what you're hearing from your members as well? >> i think's a high level of expectation on the part of the american public that their leaders come together and solve two things: one is...
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house speaker john boehner, is he in a tough spot? >> he is, but less about tough job on friday that he was on a thursday because that tea party rally on the capital, a grand total of 200 people showed up. the muscle that they promised to deliver and the threats that they have delivered to primary john boehner is seen a lot more hollow that they did last year. he has got a tough job. basically, that republicans want to unveil their 2012 budget next week, and to do so, they cannot do it if the government is closing down. paul ryan is their star and they have touted him like he is the second coming, and they have got to have the stage set for him and it cannot include the curtain coming down on the government and social security checks being held in the mail. >> he is right, but i want to correct your intro where he said the tea party wanted big, big cuts. the big cuts are $30 billion in addition to what the democrats what. -- want. the budget for this year -- 750,000 -- billion dollars -- the point is, it is minuscule, and it is insane
house speaker john boehner, is he in a tough spot? >> he is, but less about tough job on friday that he was on a thursday because that tea party rally on the capital, a grand total of 200 people showed up. the muscle that they promised to deliver and the threats that they have delivered to primary john boehner is seen a lot more hollow that they did last year. he has got a tough job. basically, that republicans want to unveil their 2012 budget next week, and to do so, they cannot do it if...
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they've settled on john boehner as theirville and. the republicans are running against obama and pelosi so the democrats need someone. john boehner the leader of the republicans in the house is sort of the obvious choice. more and more president obama and other democrats have been mentioning him and attacking him when they're out there giving their messages. >> ifill: members of congress have been out of town for six weeks, a very long recess. the senate came back today. the house comes back tomorrow. how does their physically being here and getting on the floor and actually speeches and actually having to vote on things, how does that change where the course of this debate? >> well it changes the dynamics a lot. the democrats are pretty determined to bring something to the floor of the senate and the house because they want to give their members a chance to vote in such a way that they can go back home and say i voted against a middle-class tax increase. you know, when you're scattered throughout the country there's a lot of debate a
they've settled on john boehner as theirville and. the republicans are running against obama and pelosi so the democrats need someone. john boehner the leader of the republicans in the house is sort of the obvious choice. more and more president obama and other democrats have been mentioning him and attacking him when they're out there giving their messages. >> ifill: members of congress have been out of town for six weeks, a very long recess. the senate came back today. the house comes...
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and house speaker boehner broke off debt talks with president obama this evening. he said the president insisted on too much in tax increases. mr. obama shot back that republicans had dug in and would not compromise, and he called congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: mark and david tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport on the "double header". we look at how text messaging is helping the distribution of much-needed supplies to fight malaria in tanzania. on "art beat," jeff talks to critic martin gayford about the life and work of lucien freud, who died wednesday. and david waters, a cameraman who works with science correspondent miles o'brien, blogs from florida's space coast after the final shuttle landing. all thatnd more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the status of the debt talks, and talk to journalist pam constable about her new book on pakistan. i'm judy woodruff.
and house speaker boehner broke off debt talks with president obama this evening. he said the president insisted on too much in tax increases. mr. obama shot back that republicans had dug in and would not compromise, and he called congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: mark and david tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport on the "double header". we look at how text...
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. >> look how nervous its mate house speaker john boehner. he said, you are campaigning and we are legislating. can you wait? here is the legislation you got. you got a jobs bill. >> what was your reaction? you were there. >> i have seen him come out more passionate in past press conferences. he made more impassioned cases when we saw the debt ceiling fight. those were more newsy press conferences. he is trying to get a hold of the narrative again. chuck is right. he can win in a number of ways on this issue. one way he can lose is if congress passes a number of measures without him and he comes off looking irrelevant and without any influence. he is trying to get in front of the cameras and on the evening newscasts. >> it must be strange, this change from major to minor for a press conference for a president. when he is campaigning, they stand up and they applaud and that are honored to be in the presence of the president of the united states. anywhere in the white house, there are people who do not respond. some of us still stand up when he
. >> look how nervous its mate house speaker john boehner. he said, you are campaigning and we are legislating. can you wait? here is the legislation you got. you got a jobs bill. >> what was your reaction? you were there. >> i have seen him come out more passionate in past press conferences. he made more impassioned cases when we saw the debt ceiling fight. those were more newsy press conferences. he is trying to get a hold of the narrative again. chuck is right. he can win...
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today, house speaker john boehner offered a republican response. he said while some of the president's plan offers "opportunities for common ground;" overall, it's not enough. >> the president's proposals are a poor substitute for the pro- growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creation in america, the policies that are needed to put america back to work. >> brown: the speaker said what job creators really want is an end to uncertainty created by the burdens of taxes and new regulations. >> they've been hurt by a government that offers short- term gimmicks rather than fundamental reforms that will encourage long-term economic growth. they've been hampered by a government that offers confusion to entrepreneurs and job creators when there needs to be clarity. >> brown: boehner spoke on a day when new economic data underscored the country's troubles: first time claims for jobless benefits reached the highest level in three months; and the number of home foreclosure notices spiked 33% in august, the most in nine months. in the face o
today, house speaker john boehner offered a republican response. he said while some of the president's plan offers "opportunities for common ground;" overall, it's not enough. >> the president's proposals are a poor substitute for the pro- growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creation in america, the policies that are needed to put america back to work. >> brown: the speaker said what job creators really want is an end to uncertainty created by the...
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but speaker boehner is in a tricky spot. on the one hand he's under pressure to get a deal done. on the other hand he has to do something to reach out to tea party conservatives and how he navigates that tricky terrain is going to be interesting. >> lehrer: and everybody who says they don't want a shutdown, the tea party conservatives wouldn't mind having one, am i right about that? >> i think so. there's a lot of tea party conservatives and they have a lot of different views but they feel if that's what it takes to cut funding significantly, then bring it on. there are people like congressman mike pence of indiana who's a leader of that group and he has sort of said look, i don't want a shutdown but if that's what we have to do, that's what we have toe do. but everybody else in both parties is saying they want to avoid it at all costs because it would lead to a volatile political environment. nobody knows for sure who would be blamed. nobody knows what the outcome would be. so it's something both parties are shying away from with the exception of those tea party conservatives yo
but speaker boehner is in a tricky spot. on the one hand he's under pressure to get a deal done. on the other hand he has to do something to reach out to tea party conservatives and how he navigates that tricky terrain is going to be interesting. >> lehrer: and everybody who says they don't want a shutdown, the tea party conservatives wouldn't mind having one, am i right about that? >> i think so. there's a lot of tea party conservatives and they have a lot of different views but...
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john boehner has something called "the boehner rule" which i think will become the new fiscal cliff key word. you want $1 in deficit increase, i want $1 in spending cuts. and the president is saying i'm not going to negotiate at all. so & that strikes in two months. un, that's-- somebody's going to have to give on that, and, you know, it could get really ugly really fast. >> woodruff: neil irwin, if you're looking at this economy right now and looking at this legislation, does it have an impact on the american economy ounemployment? >> so there are some mild negatives that come from the higher taxes, especially the payroll tax holiday we talked beven higher income tax rates ray negative for growth. that said, this economy has been plugging along. what steve is talking about are some really dangerous things. we're heading into another standoff over the debt ceiling. we all remember how that worked out in august 2011. it hurt business confidence. it floated the possibility of a federal government default. we had a credit downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. those were all things that unde
john boehner has something called "the boehner rule" which i think will become the new fiscal cliff key word. you want $1 in deficit increase, i want $1 in spending cuts. and the president is saying i'm not going to negotiate at all. so & that strikes in two months. un, that's-- somebody's going to have to give on that, and, you know, it could get really ugly really fast. >> woodruff: neil irwin, if you're looking at this economy right now and looking at this legislation,...
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>> good questions to ask, boehner had good questions. but remember we had that lovely little war in grenada? we went in, and there were a number of questions that never got answered. medical students -- and that we killed a whole bunch of cubans. >> that came on the heels of the explosion of the marine barracks in beirut. >> that was a harmless, pretend a little show war. guys like eisenhower and reagan it understood that he did those to show your strength, but you don't do the big ones unless you are serious. >> that is the real issue, is obama serious? look, i had all kinds of questions of entering into this in the first place, as did obama, as did secretary gates. obama, in the end, made a decision -- we are going in, and how his objective is that we ought to leave and have the war on going. it is process over bad policy -- >> that is -- >> you just heard him say in that clip that the exit strategy is executed this week. >> what is his exit strategy? >> the u.s. has a special capabilities that will still be at use in that war. >> tank
>> good questions to ask, boehner had good questions. but remember we had that lovely little war in grenada? we went in, and there were a number of questions that never got answered. medical students -- and that we killed a whole bunch of cubans. >> that came on the heels of the explosion of the marine barracks in beirut. >> that was a harmless, pretend a little show war. guys like eisenhower and reagan it understood that he did those to show your strength, but you don't do...
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boehner dismissed the president's latest plan today as not serious. thised administration's insistence on raising taxes on job creators and its reluctance to take the steps necessary to strengthen our entitlement programs are the reasons the president and i were not able to reach an agreement previously. the speaker said in a statement. and it is evident today that these barriers remain. over the weekend, the president also floated another idea: reforming the tax code so that millionaires pay the same tax rate as their middle class employees. the idea of taxing the rich appears to have its supporters. 56% of those polled by cbs news and the new york times last week said they favor raising taxes on high-wage earners to reduce the deficit. public opinion is no guarantee of political agreement. a special deficit reduction committee began meeting last week to come up with its own plan to find up to $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions. if they can't come to an agreement by november 23, most government agencies, including the pentagon, would see across- the
boehner dismissed the president's latest plan today as not serious. thised administration's insistence on raising taxes on job creators and its reluctance to take the steps necessary to strengthen our entitlement programs are the reasons the president and i were not able to reach an agreement previously. the speaker said in a statement. and it is evident today that these barriers remain. over the weekend, the president also floated another idea: reforming the tax code so that millionaires pay...
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spending today, a bill to fund the government looks set to clear the senate, but house speaker john boehner warned his chamber may block it. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead, iran and the u.s. held the highest level face-to- face meetings in more than 30 years, each side reaching out to break the diplomatic ice. >> woodruff: and in film, in journalism, even on the farm, the interns work hard. paul solman reports on the legal debate over whether they should get paid. >> you get tons of new experience and on top of that you get to make new connections and really build your resume. >> i knew the work i was doing was exactly the same work that i had previously done, except that now i was doing it for free. it's not right, and you can do something about it if you want to. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science,
spending today, a bill to fund the government looks set to clear the senate, but house speaker john boehner warned his chamber may block it. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead, iran and the u.s. held the highest level face-to- face meetings in more than 30 years, each side reaching out to break the diplomatic ice. >> woodruff: and in film, in journalism, even on the farm, the interns work hard. paul solman reports on the legal debate over...
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john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including republicans signed on to. democrats are sitting on the hill telling me, we're fine with that. republicans, sure, we can undo those $600 billion in defense cut if you want to. we can tie it to the debt limit if you want to. let's talk revenue. put a dollar of tax increases on the table. in terms of the election, as the president and mitt romney go to the public with these two issues, the democrats' message is, yes, we have a fiscal problem, but the other side won't even consider a tax increase for the richest among us. you've heard that refrain, i don't need to explain it. yes, we h
john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including...
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remember john boehner said late last week we're not simply going to extend at current levels. he didn't say how much below current levels he would take in order to get a short-term extension. my guess is it won't take all of that much to to get that extension. >> woodruff: the role of the president. how much clout does he have? >> the fact that the president's numbers have risen since mid-term elections gives him some leverage. the poll numbers that i mentioned that show the public crediting him with wanting to work with republicans gives him some leverage. and one of the reasons for those poll numbers is that deal he made in the lame duck session on tax cuts. he was seen as compromising with them on extending those bush era tax cuts. certainly it's easier to give people money through tax cuts than it is to take away in spending cuts. he won some credibility with the public there. so he has some cards had to play. he'll also by the way if there is a shutdown have some advertise kregs in exactly what parts of the government get shut down and how quickly. >> woodruff: john harwo
remember john boehner said late last week we're not simply going to extend at current levels. he didn't say how much below current levels he would take in order to get a short-term extension. my guess is it won't take all of that much to to get that extension. >> woodruff: the role of the president. how much clout does he have? >> the fact that the president's numbers have risen since mid-term elections gives him some leverage. the poll numbers that i mentioned that show the public...
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i mean, i don't know what john boehner does. i don't know what is going to come out of that caucus tomorrow. please a week-- an extension for one week, a continuing resolution might be the fallback position. >> woodruff: are democrats privately cheering on the idea of a government shutdown? >> ramesh is right. the republicans are seen as antigovernment party. the democrats are seen as the government party, the party of government. and if government just seems to be not working at all, democrats aren't going to be covered with glorpy or gold coming out of this. i mean, there's going to be a-- i think, a disfavor and a distaste toward the whole washington thing. republicans might suffer more, but democrats' reputations are not going to be enhanced. >> woodruff: now that we see there's no progress being made here in washington, we can look at new york, where the u.n. has been meeting this week, ramesh. we had margaret warner reporting on this earlier in the program. there does seem to be some sort of diplomatic opening between the
i mean, i don't know what john boehner does. i don't know what is going to come out of that caucus tomorrow. please a week-- an extension for one week, a continuing resolution might be the fallback position. >> woodruff: are democrats privately cheering on the idea of a government shutdown? >> ramesh is right. the republicans are seen as antigovernment party. the democrats are seen as the government party, the party of government. and if government just seems to be not working at...
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one of the things that he put on the table in his negotiations with speaker boehner late last year was a willingness to do so-called chain c.p.i., to adjust the cost of living adjustment to applies to a variety of programs including social security as part of a comprehensive deficit reduction deal that includes revenues. he put on the table a willingness to means test medicare premiums. again an idea that does not sit well with a lot of democrats but he believes is worth doing as part of a comprehensive balanced approach to deficit reduction. >> woodruff: let me ask you about gun control. that's another subject we know the president is going to bring up tonight. does he look to make... to reach some sort of compromise there? we know there are deep divisions in both political parties. over what to do about guns. and what does the white house hope to accomplish by bringing a number of either victims of gun violence to the state of the union tonight or their relatives, family members? >> i think the point that he's trying to make is that gun violence is a problem that faces all of us. it
one of the things that he put on the table in his negotiations with speaker boehner late last year was a willingness to do so-called chain c.p.i., to adjust the cost of living adjustment to applies to a variety of programs including social security as part of a comprehensive deficit reduction deal that includes revenues. he put on the table a willingness to means test medicare premiums. again an idea that does not sit well with a lot of democrats but he believes is worth doing as part of a...
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john boehner said actually, no, it is one to be on thursday. a brief time ago, i discussed all of this with our next guest. >> it sounds a childish and patty. is it serious? >> it is very serious because there is a consequence. the consequences are that you have a 9% unemployment rate. the folks in the united states are looking at the television and saying, these are our leaders. they cannot figure out on a date. this is ridiculous. the question is, when you ask the american people to play by the rolls, how come the elected leadership cannot do the same? >> what does this say about congress and the white house's ability to address the hard stuff? there are tough decisions to be made by the leadership. kennedy would? >> yes, because we have done before. the way our country has all right -- has always been founded, the tension has always been the center. however, the difference is, and i have been in washington since 1992, it is personalize. it is a personal vendetta between republicans and democrats. that is where it becomes toxic and poisonous.
john boehner said actually, no, it is one to be on thursday. a brief time ago, i discussed all of this with our next guest. >> it sounds a childish and patty. is it serious? >> it is very serious because there is a consequence. the consequences are that you have a 9% unemployment rate. the folks in the united states are looking at the television and saying, these are our leaders. they cannot figure out on a date. this is ridiculous. the question is, when you ask the american people...
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. >> i'm anxious to meet with mcconnell and boehner and anyone from the white house any time. we need to work our way through this. but the sooner we get that short-term plan done the quicker we can move ahead. >> woodruff: president obama joined the negotiations personally today when he phoned house speaker john boehner. white house press secretary jay carney described the conversation as a good and productive call. that came after boehner commented that the president's involvement should have come sooner. >> if there had been a conversation about this ten days ago or two days ago, you know, we might have had something to talk about. but the fact is that we were forced to move on our own. i think we're taking a responsible path forward to keep the government open and to meet our commitment to cut spending. >> woodruff: with a two-week agreement seemingly taken care of, lawmakers will now make another run at a long-term plan to keep the government running through september. >> woodruff: joining us from capitol hill is senate majority whip dick durbin of illinois. senator durbi
. >> i'm anxious to meet with mcconnell and boehner and anyone from the white house any time. we need to work our way through this. but the sooner we get that short-term plan done the quicker we can move ahead. >> woodruff: president obama joined the negotiations personally today when he phoned house speaker john boehner. white house press secretary jay carney described the conversation as a good and productive call. that came after boehner commented that the president's involvement...
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because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there
because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is...
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only reason it would be brought up if boehner can get the democrats on record to have the nra flog them with their notes in the vex auto necks cycle. >> there i will bipartisan support for small bills yacht i don't see them passing. >> it's a been long time since this country was solidly behind gun control but ought the polls show a huge gender divide on this issue. but now 20 years ago there was 78% support for gun control, have women abandoned this as an issue? are more women pro gun rights than pro gun control at this point? >> i think more women are more comfortable with guns, handling guns themselves. when you look at the kinds of threats that we face and face on a large scale, it was box cutters in an airplane that killed massive numbers of peep on 9/11. it was fertilizer that killed people in oklahoma city. many women recognize that it's not the guns that are the problem, it's the evil behind the guns, it's what's motivating the people to kill other people on mass scale. >> still, we have almost open access to guns in this country. i think that is the part that is really horrible
only reason it would be brought up if boehner can get the democrats on record to have the nra flog them with their notes in the vex auto necks cycle. >> there i will bipartisan support for small bills yacht i don't see them passing. >> it's a been long time since this country was solidly behind gun control but ought the polls show a huge gender divide on this issue. but now 20 years ago there was 78% support for gun control, have women abandoned this as an issue? are more women pro...
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boehner id congress should start er. >> liste our goal is to stop this monstsity. and 're working with our members so that we d't find ourselves in a posion where ey're able to pick off a few of our members and to gethis ll passed. >> reporter: a white house spokesman id today president obamnow agrees on e need to let the dust settl bere trying to craft a health care bill that can pass, possibly with reblican support. >> sreenivasan: secretary of state hillarclinton took on internet csorship today. in a washingn speech, she singled out china and sevel other cotries. she sa they have put up barriers to portns of the web, ancensored words, names and phrases in search result >>ountries that censor news and inrmation must recognize th from an economic andpoint, there is no distinion between censoring political speech and commercl spch. if binesses in your nations are denied access to eithetype of information, itill inevitably impt on growth. >> sreenivasan: clinton ged chinese officials tonvestigate recent cer attacks on google's e-mail accounts. e chinese government i
boehner id congress should start er. >> liste our goal is to stop this monstsity. and 're working with our members so that we d't find ourselves in a posion where ey're able to pick off a few of our members and to gethis ll passed. >> reporter: a white house spokesman id today president obamnow agrees on e need to let the dust settl bere trying to craft a health care bill that can pass, possibly with reblican support. >> sreenivasan: secretary of state hillarclinton took on...
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. >> woodruff: but speaker of the house john boehner complained the fed's new stimulus efforts will make things worse. republican leaders had warned against any such move. >> we continue to have concerns with the activities of the fed because it appears to us they're taking actions because they don't believe the political system can do what needs to be done. frankly, i think that's enabling the political process rather than forcing the political process to do what it should do and that's to deal with our deficit and our debt which is imperiling jobs and imperiling the future for our kids and grandkids. >> woodruff: the president of the world bank-- robert zoellick-- acknowledged that kind of fear for the future, even though he doubted that a new downturn is coming. >> i still think that a double dip recession for the world's major economies is unlikely but my confidence in that belief is being eroded daily by the steady drip of difficult economic news. >> woodruff: some of that difficult economic news continued in greece, where protesters staged another 24- hour strike against new auster
. >> woodruff: but speaker of the house john boehner complained the fed's new stimulus efforts will make things worse. republican leaders had warned against any such move. >> we continue to have concerns with the activities of the fed because it appears to us they're taking actions because they don't believe the political system can do what needs to be done. frankly, i think that's enabling the political process rather than forcing the political process to do what it should do and...
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and it is messy and kind of ug leigh but i think boehner has actually done a great thing. he promised transparency. i thought he would back off, but it's tough. he has lost some things. he lost an engine firm that will help ge which is big in ohio, his home state and stuck with the idea it will be open. more power to him t is a real legislature now. as for the cuts, i don't agree with all of them but i do think they're takinging deficit seriously. to me the most important thing that happened in the house was the republicans announcing hen they do next year's budget they are going to put entitlements on the table. that is a big step, much more than the president's willing to do. about this current continuing resolution this year, you know i'm glad they are taking the deficit seriously. i don't quite see the exit strategy here. i see them voting on this stuff. i don't actually see it getting through the senate and certainly not true the white house. so are they positioning themselves for a primes? have they fought about what the next step is going to be? i don't quite see. i
and it is messy and kind of ug leigh but i think boehner has actually done a great thing. he promised transparency. i thought he would back off, but it's tough. he has lost some things. he lost an engine firm that will help ge which is big in ohio, his home state and stuck with the idea it will be open. more power to him t is a real legislature now. as for the cuts, i don't agree with all of them but i do think they're takinging deficit seriously. to me the most important thing that happened in...
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a note, we did interview house speaker john boehner last week. you can watch that interview on our web site. >> brown: it's become ever clearer that social networking is having a profound impact on how politics today works; how campaigns act and re-act, how journalists get and transmit information, how money is raised, how issues are fought over, and much more. tonight we begin a new feature that will track the campaign and political issues as they play out in social media and on the web. for that we'll be joined regularly by two journalists from the new website, daily download. lauren ashburn is the site's editor in chief and formerly with "usa today live" and gannett broadcasting. howard kurtz is "newsweek's" washington bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." welcome to the newshour. >> thank you. >> brown: so every time we meet here around the table we're going to talk about a particular campaign or issue starting tonight with mitt romney. largely, lauren, because he's so active in social media, right? >> he is so active. especially
a note, we did interview house speaker john boehner last week. you can watch that interview on our web site. >> brown: it's become ever clearer that social networking is having a profound impact on how politics today works; how campaigns act and re-act, how journalists get and transmit information, how money is raised, how issues are fought over, and much more. tonight we begin a new feature that will track the campaign and political issues as they play out in social media and on the web....
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. >> brown: immediately after that house speaker john boehner held a news conference on capitol hill to blame democrats. >> we're not going to allow the senate nor the white house to put us in a box where we have to make a choice between two bad options. cutting a bad deal this week in order to keep the government open or allow the government to shut down due to senate inaction. >> brown: for his part senate majority leader harry reid accused boehner of backing away from an agreement with 33 billion dollars in cuts under pressure from conservative house republicans. >> i think that the tea party is driving what goes on in the house of representatives, and we cannot do what they want done. we have been willing to do what is fair and coming down very, very hard on programs dealing with domestic spending. we can't go anymore. >> brown: reed and boehner met again this afternoon to work on a deal to keep the federal government running past friday when the current funding measure expires. in the meantime even amid stalemate over this year's budget, the even more contentious battle over lon
. >> brown: immediately after that house speaker john boehner held a news conference on capitol hill to blame democrats. >> we're not going to allow the senate nor the white house to put us in a box where we have to make a choice between two bad options. cutting a bad deal this week in order to keep the government open or allow the government to shut down due to senate inaction. >> brown: for his part senate majority leader harry reid accused boehner of backing away from an...
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one came from house speaker john boehner. >> if you give congress four weeks, guess what? they'll take four weeks. you give them six weeks, they'll take six weeks. we got two weeks. let's get the job done. envelope another sign came from the white house which said it is willing to make more budget cuts. most important the new polls show the american people may not be enthusiastic about this debate, which leaves the negotiations exactly where, john? >> just getting started really. the impetus for cutting the budget has come from these freshmen house republicans and republican leadership in the wake of this tremendous victory they had in midterm elections. all right. they propose cutting a lot of money very quickly. democrats have been playing a bit of a rope-a-dope strategy trying to let them exhaust themselves, express themselves, vent in the house. they passed a budget bill a couple weeks ago cutting spending. now the rubber's hitting the road. the senate got the two-week extension, went along with the cuts in the house. democrats were able to make a deal with republicans
one came from house speaker john boehner. >> if you give congress four weeks, guess what? they'll take four weeks. you give them six weeks, they'll take six weeks. we got two weeks. let's get the job done. envelope another sign came from the white house which said it is willing to make more budget cuts. most important the new polls show the american people may not be enthusiastic about this debate, which leaves the negotiations exactly where, john? >> just getting started really....
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then, judy woodruff has a newsmaker interview with the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. >> suarez: betty ann bowser reports on the fallout from a new ruling mandating that faith- based organizations provide birth control coverage. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. >> we think it's really important that we not be obliged to pay for something that we view as immoral. >> ifill: we look at what's next for the republican presidential hopefuls after mitt romney's victory in nevada, with stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and susan page of "u.s.a. today." >> suarez: and hari sreenivasan updates the turmoil in egypt, where 19 americans working for nonprofit groups face trial. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of th
then, judy woodruff has a newsmaker interview with the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. >> suarez: betty ann bowser reports on the fallout from a new ruling mandating that faith- based organizations provide birth control coverage. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. >> we think it's really important that we not be obliged to pay for something that we view as immoral....
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i mean, john boehner said we get it because that was a big part of the message they were trying to convey. >> the big theme in the tea party is the deficit. how do you assess this document? ok. no repeal of the tax cuts. entitlement spending stays the same. and no reduction in spending on national security. how does that add up to an impact on the deficit? >> and also not a balanced budget amendment in there which a lot of people on the right had wanted to see. the reaction was mixed, even among the target audience, which is conservative activists. and one of the big criticisms was as you suggest, that it doesn't do enough to cut the deficit. it talks a lot about the deficit. it talks a lot about cutting spending. and you have things like a freeze in federal hiring and so forth. but it also -- they want to spend more money on missile defense. they want to continue the tax cuts. they don't really say what they would do about social security and medicare. so a lot of people took a look at it and say you talk a lot about spending and deficit cutting but where is it? >> how many of thee chang
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in a letter to the president, boehner wrote: the mission began in march, when the u.s. and its allies launched air strikes to enforce a "no- fly" zone over libya and to protect civilians from attacks by moammar gadhafi's forces. the u.s. soon handed over operational control to nato forces but still plays a major support role. in the meantime, gadhafi has remained in power despite stepped-up bombing of tripoli and despite recent advances by rebel forces into government- held territory. and as the conflict continues, with no obvious end in sight, members of congress in both parties have become increasingly restive. in a vote two weeks ago, the house rebuked the president for continuing the u.s. role in libya without the consent of congress. and today, a small bipartisan group of house members filed a lawsuit against the administration, challenging its involvement in the libya conflict. ohio democrat dennis kucinich: >> the fact of whether or not there are boots on the ground at this point doesn't get into the question of whether or not the president had the ability in the
in a letter to the president, boehner wrote: the mission began in march, when the u.s. and its allies launched air strikes to enforce a "no- fly" zone over libya and to protect civilians from attacks by moammar gadhafi's forces. the u.s. soon handed over operational control to nato forces but still plays a major support role. in the meantime, gadhafi has remained in power despite stepped-up bombing of tripoli and despite recent advances by rebel forces into government- held territory....
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on oh other hand, speaker boehner is saying there hasn't been agreement on anything. which is it? what's your understanding? >> it feels a little like the old parlor game in washington d.c. where one side leaks a number to the press, in the hopes it will be a self fulfilling prophecy. but look, it's good news that discussions are under way. but it's also good news that house republicans are determined to take a stand for fiscal discipline, keep our word to the american people, and do what we said we'd do, which is that we would take spending levels down to prestimulus prebailout levels. that will require $61 billion in budget cuts. we also passed provisions to defund obama care and defund planned parenthood. we're fighting for those provisions and we're going to continue to fight for them right up to april 8. >> woodruff: senator cardin, what's your understanding of what's really going on here? >> well, i think there's some good faith negotiations taking place. it's not going to be what the republicans want, it's not going to be what the president or the democrats want, that's wha
on oh other hand, speaker boehner is saying there hasn't been agreement on anything. which is it? what's your understanding? >> it feels a little like the old parlor game in washington d.c. where one side leaks a number to the press, in the hopes it will be a self fulfilling prophecy. but look, it's good news that discussions are under way. but it's also good news that house republicans are determined to take a stand for fiscal discipline, keep our word to the american people, and do what...
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flatly said, no, we want to be more cautious, and interestingly enough today, they got support from john boehner, the speaker of the house, who said in an interview that he was actually closer to president obama than he was to senator mccain on this issue. quoich so when we figure it out, maybe perhaps syria will figure it out at some point. thank you, doyle, for that, and thanks everybody else as well. we send our thoughts and our condolences out to the victims of the aurora shooting. keep up with the evolving story line online and on air at the pbs website and that's pbs.org/"washington week." follow us on facebook and twitter and we'll see you again here next week on "washington week." good night. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here -- to chart a greener path in the air and in our factories of the >> to find cleaner, more efficient ways to power flight. >> and harness our technology for new energy solutions. >> around the globe the people of boeing are working together to build a better
flatly said, no, we want to be more cautious, and interestingly enough today, they got support from john boehner, the speaker of the house, who said in an interview that he was actually closer to president obama than he was to senator mccain on this issue. quoich so when we figure it out, maybe perhaps syria will figure it out at some point. thank you, doyle, for that, and thanks everybody else as well. we send our thoughts and our condolences out to the victims of the aurora shooting. keep up...